Lord Invader - Rum and coca cola (audio)

[thatssomething1]

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[indoguju]

This is mento... I don't see any Tags marked Mento..

[aaron7007alex]

What are the Chords for this song?

[JoeFelice]

@aaron7007alex He's singing it in C, so you can alternate between C and G7.

For the chorus you start in C, and switch to G7 when you hit the word Koomanah, and back to C on Yankee.

The Andrews Sisters sing it in B-flat, so their chords are B-flat and F7.

More faithful transcriptions use more chords but this is enough to get the song out.

[Jxaay]

oh wow this is classic calypso eh....just have smile and laugh at this.....absolutely awesome

[trechan]

Forgive me, but I still like the Andrews Sisters better. I will say that the Lord Invader one is pretty good.

[maryzaint]

Live the Andrews sisters but this one is far better.

[bondifiedshawty]

I love and like this version way more than the sisters own his voice more suit calypso....i really dont like dey version....

[celebrity264]

ohhhh i now understand this song ,,,,, have a research about this song ,,,,,, i see ,,,,, hmmmmm

[iloveforeigncars]

i like this better than the andrews sisters its just his voice u cant beat it also makes me mad freakin morey amsterdam got credit for this later on

[scoobaye]

stupesss......boy why dey dont play this on TNT radio instead all this damn foriegn crap....stupess

[glaeken14]

Lannée passée

[ODST123123]

i still think there both good song i love him and the sisters

[XEpikurX]

Thank you very much!!!

[lizichell2]

This is far better than the Andrews sisters version which has been has been decalypsoed

[tim60s321]

i just hope the guy who wrote this got paid his royalties!..very interesting..never heard it before

[lazurm]

@tim60s321 He was paid $150,000 but Maurey Amsterdam retained the copyright, a compromise with each party obtaining what they valued most at the time.

[celebrity264]

@lazurm my friend just a little correction it was $300, 000

[npg68]

i can't wait to share this with my old man.....i doubt he'd know that this is the original version. i like the andrew sisters version too.........but this one is smokin' - almost traditional folk????

[dirtydishboogie]

amazing.

[MrPozzoz]

beautiful music ............

[redbullstef]

wich one is the real ? andrew sister or this? because i like this one;)

[Brennna]

@redbullstef This one.

[mrnobodyz]

While searching for 'Calypso Be' I came across this, WOW! what an amazing record... It's got everything... real MAGIC!!!.

[beyoncetyratina]

Lol, I actually like this version. But like the Andrews Sisters version also. Jammin... 

[Kil6969]

the andrews version is better

[devonjenkins]

this track is fire, friendos.

[buddyeagle]

Real Vinatge CALYPSO, i like it. Shake me rude boy.

[BLBelasco]

This is my great grandfathers song Look up Lionel Belasco

[lordinvader9]

Anybody know who (if anyone) holds the copyright on Lord Invader's "lost" verses - the ones which weren't appropriated by Morey Amsterdam? A group called Pearson Education wants to publish them and needs permission.

[tiggy411]

he was handsome though...

[tiggy411]

now this si the real deal....

[TracyInsomiac]

Blessings! The song doesn't sound like an exploitative advertisement for the US Army like this. I'm so happy to discover this.

[sbTCWJ]

Reminds me of forgotten days of 45 rpms. Thanks.

[Steamstock]

Lord Invader succsesfully sued The Andrews Sisters over this song. They did a great version of it, so did Calypso Rose and Prince Buster.

[Stagman]

64impalaboi- Why would you think that he is Cuban? He is singing in english not spanish.

[xXteeheeXxlol]

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[joconnor6]

This written in 1943., not 50s. Andrews Sisters version 1946.

[joconnor6]

lyrics???????

[SuperSnk1]

Let the world know that the composer and singer of " Rum and Coca Cola" is Lord Invader, a Calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago W.I. This is one of the big songs from Trinidad that made it Internationally back in the 50's. A True Classic.

[64impalaboi]

is he afro-cuban

[Kjaja07]

??? no trinidadian

[ancbcc]

'lord invader'? where that name come from? sounds like something from star wars

[princessmalikah]

I think it from Invaders Bay in  Carenage

[mardinioo]

@ancbcc ahahaha

[gigidetrini]

kaiso kaiso!

[lordinvader9]

For the full story of Lord Invader's composition of "Rum and Coca-Cola" and the litigation which followed the release of the Andrews Sisters' version of the song, type "rumandcocacolareader" (with the quotation marks) into your search box.

[mrsarjona]

The song by the Andrew Sisters is actually plagiarism. In 1950 the suit went through.

[pt1gard]

@mrsarjona ..... yep Buddy Sorrell had to cough 150K to Lord Invader, the crook had a lot of explaining to do to Pickles :)

[MorwenEdhelwen1]

@pt1gard 

[casadyrocks]

@mrsarjona Yes- believe it or not it was ripped off the orignal composer in Trinidad by Morey Amsterdam (Dick Van Dyke show)

[casadyrocks]

@mrsarjona It was Morey Amsterdam who ripped it off and had then record it, believe it or not

[threenorns3]

@mrsarjona so what? if it wasn't for the andrews sisters, i would never have heard of lord invader.

[Gartenfernsehen]

Very nice! Knowing the Andrew Sister's song it is interesting to learn where it came from. Thanks for posting!